Hickory, NC – Frye Regional Medical Center has been presented the Tenet Distinguished Service Award, for providing excellent patient service and for sustaining star status for patient satisfaction for fifty-seven straight months. Frye is also the only Tenet hospital to have ended the year with Five Star Patient Satisfaction two years in a row.

    The award was presented to Suzanne Bird, RN, MS, Frye’s Chief Nursing Officer, and Merianne Pyne, Frye’s Administrative Director of Service Excellence, at Tenet’s 2006 Service Excellence Conference in Dallas, Texas, held June 27-28. 

    “I am extremely proud of this accomplishment,” said Frye President and CEO Denny Bruns. “Our employees, physicians and volunteers work diligently to provide our patients high quality healthcare and unparalleled customer service.”

    Frye Regional Medical Center, part of Tenet North Carolina, is a 355-bed acute care facility located at 420 North Center Street in Hickory, NC. The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of Catawba County since 1911. The hospital’s main campus includes a comprehensive heart center and cardiac rehab, orthopedics, bariatric surgery, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, pediatrics, center for neurosciences, cancer center and women’s pavilion. Frye has several extended campuses to serve families throughout the area including: Wellness and Education Center which houses the Center For Diabetes Self-Management Care, perinatal education and community wellness classes; South Campus for psychiatric services; Viewmont and Tate Surgery Centers; Vein and Wound Center/Infusion Care; Pain Center; Piedmont Therapy, offering sports and industrial rehabilitation; an urgent care facility; FryeCare, an outpatient diagnostic facility; Alexander Campus, which provides 24 hour emergency care along with diagnostic and laboratory services and infusion care; plus HealthPoint, which provides extensive industrial services and programs to employers.

    Frye Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. To learn more about the hospital, visit www.fryemedctr.com